Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-12
FOULS AND RUMBLINGs.
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 Ease RailI FIrmament.
 The Portlands lost their lead in the New England league the first of this week, but have regained it, the Lowells having been defeated by the Salems.
 'Dicky" Burns, so we'll and favorably known in New Haven, pitched for the Lowells in part of the game on Wednesday against the Salemg. Doyle, the regular pitcher, was batted so hard that ''Dicky"
 was put into the box. At the end of the
 seventh inning the score was to 2, but at
 the end of the game it was IA to 10 in favor
 of the Salems. Burns is making remarka-
 ble record with the Lowells.
 Fitzgerald, formerly of the New Ravens, pitched good game of ball for the Lynns on Wednesday against the Manchesters. He also batted we'll, one of his hits being for | two bases.
 Boston people are getting dissatisfied with | the result of the work of it's team. Fault is found with Radbouru's pitching and good deal is being hinted at as to his honesty and 1 integrity Some think that his days as 8 | pitcher are passed.
 As Madden will be unable to pitch for the l Bostons for couple of weeks Stemmeye1 ! will be used. 1 Quinn and Madigan of the Binghamtons have been released. Ex-Umpire Lon Knight | is guarding right field for that team. Reading of the riot act to the Pittsburgs | must have done some good, as their playing | the last few days has shown.
 Brewster" Bingham of Harvard pitched a great game at Duluth August 5. He was hit | bv the strong Des Moines club for total of | but five bases and pitched a winning game. Pittsburg undoubtedly has the best batting ! trio of catchers in the profession-Carroll, Miller and Fields. What club can show | three such hard hitting backstops!0oSs.L Lotus Republican. New York can, with O 'Rourke, Deasley and Ewing.-Boston Herald. Minneapolis tried a new pitcher, Cady, August B. Oshkosh made three home runs
 in one inning off him. Tommy Mccarthy
 made two home runs and Lovett one in the
 game. Mccarthy made four hits with total
 of ten: Lovett two with total of seven.
 The Detroits are winning by their batting
 now and no mistake. Thompson's work with
 the stick has been simply terrific. He is the
 leading batsman, not of the league alone, but
 of the country.
 Kelly and Morrill, of the Bostons have made
 their ene hundredth actual hits of the season.
 Counting bases on balls Kelly has made 127
 hits to 124 for Morrill,.
 Manager Gaffney of the Washingtons
 thinks that neither Gruber or Beatin, the lat est acquisitions by the Detroits, will last four games.
 near getting fined on Saturday last by the umpire, to whom he called out, "Lynch !! Lynch what did you say ?'
 The Chicago Herald says the Boston club is going just where the Herald said it would go-third or fourth place. It will be beaten out by Chicago, New York and Detroit. The team is without steady, brainy pitchers. Radbourn is cratic, Conway has been slugged so hard that he is en crutches, and Madden, a mere stripling of fad, will be hit so hard one of these days that he will be of no further use to the club. Why the New York nine shonld be falling down the list is conundrum past solving. This team outranks Detroit and Boston in nearly every particular, and should to-day be fighting Chicago for first place. There are rumors of petty jealousies | and fights among the ranks of the Giants. If \ these reports are true, the quarrelling should \ cease at once and a determined fight be made ! for the pennant. The New York club IS { capable of jumping over the heads of Boston | and Detroit, and nothing would please Chica- | go more than to see the Maroons take this ! gymnastic spring. The Phillies are playing strong ball, and the prediction made in these ! columns that they would be in the lead at the end of the season still holds good. Jim Tyng of the Staten Islands was one of the first to detect Stagg's promise as pitch CT. He spoke of the fact to one of the Yale players. Stagg asked permission of Bremner to pitcn, and after he had once gone into the box he became the regular pitcher. It had been intended that Damn \ should pitch and Bremner catch, but as in | the case of Nichols and Allen of Harvard it ! was changed to Stagg and Damn. How the change worked, everyone knows.-Boston Herald.
 Pitchers record, Aug inclusive, of those [ who have pitched in 10 games, with average ! of. earned runs: Clarkson, won 26, lost 10 ' 2.65; Keefe, 26-12; 800; Radbourn. 17-14 3.7O; Casey, 16-10; 2.66; Madden 15-7; 200; Calvin, 15-16; 200; Ferguson, 14-9 800; Getzein, 156 4,OS; Whitney, 14-1e; 2s4; M Baldwin, \ 14-12; 3.15; Weidman, 13-7; 4.50; Welch, 1929; 3e3; Twitchell, Ill; 300; Bufinton, ' 11-12; 4.O4; Healy, 1O-19; 4.37; Boyle, O-19;
 '3.09; Conway, (Boston), 7-9; 5.31; McCor- mick, 7-1S; 3.92; 0. Baldwin, 6-9 4.26; Nor ris, 6-11; Ar; Shaw, 6-12; 5.94; O'Day, 5-10; < 3.93; Gilmore, 6-7; 3.79; George, 39; 3.45. John M. Henry of Springfield, who has been { pitching for the Newark (N. J.) base ball \ nine, has signed with the Scranton (Pa.) team \ for $250 month. This is the largest salary
 pai5 pitcher in the International league, of \ which the Scrantons are members. Henry was released by the Newarks because they could not afford the salary and the manage ment tried to prevent his signing with the Scrantons by claiming his arm had given out. Henry did some good work for the Newarks
 with the bat, and gained the title of "Home- run Johnny"
 Brill, formerly doing general utility for the New Havens, is pitching poor ball for the Scrantons.
 DETROIT, Aug. 11.-Gruber and Gilmore ] had pitchers battle to-day and the former won by decided majority. The Wolver- ines jumped on to Gilmore in the seventh inning for four earned runs. The Senators barely escaped a shut out, Donnelly's scratch hit and steal of second, and Carroll's single oivino them their only rnn